PHOTO | He found the snitch??

[redarm]

Noah Robin Catbell shared a photo. 4/01 near The Towers

can anyone tell me what the duck this is??
it showed up in a package from retrospec.
i wasnt gonna open it but then it ducking CHEWED its way out of the package.
what the heck kind of animal is this??

[Uh yeah he hasn't noticed the parental filter yet, or the pun name.]

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[constellates]

[ . . . . Anya wonders about that. Then she pauses, trying to get her own words in order.]

Even if... they are true, that does not mean that this is fake.

I do not know how to say it like Yuratchka or Davenka. Um... "Alternate universe" are the words they used, I think. Or "past lives". But I do not know why you need to pick.

There are people that I see in those memories that I want to see now.

But I still think that who I have now is important, too.

Bыбор.... is there a choice? Can it not be both?

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[There's a pause from him as he thinks over her words. It's not the first time he's heard those theories, but...

Can it not be both?]

How can it be both? If it's an alternate universe, it's not like we got the tech to hop to the next universe and see them. And if it's a past life, well...

[He gives a shrug]

Everyone we're seeing's probably already dead and gone. No seeing them.

[constellates]

[There's a shake of her head.]

There are some people who have friends in their hallucinomemories. Friends who are here.

[So? That should count for something? She can't speak from her own personal experience unfortunately....]

So you do not know who you might get to see.

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Tch...

Even if that does happen...not everything ends up happy, Anya.

[constellates]

[There's a sheepish smile at that. Yes. She knows. It may not be apparent based on what she says, but she knows there are unhappy endings.]

Надежды... But if there is not hope for one, that is even sadder.

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...Tch, whatever.

[Yeah, he can't really argue with that logic, even if he's not willing to sign up for it yet]

[constellates]

[There's a brief little laugh - more at herself than anything else.

Can't convince everyone... and she's not sure if she wants to.]

Still. You do not think that there might be something that ties you to some people?

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[He makes a huff that's strong enough to knock around his bangs a little]

I dunno. I mean I know it can't be a coincidence all of us were chosen. It can't be random.

But ties me to other people? Fuck if I know.

[constellates]

Hmm....

[Anya tilts her head at that.]

I like the idea. Even if I do not know it is true. At least it means that we are not alone.

[redarm]

What? You hate being alone or something?

[constellates]

[Yes.]

... Is that odd?

[doesn't everyone]

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I dunno. I don't mind being alone.

[Or rather, he's just super used to it. And pfft what is admitting he gets lonely that's crazy]

[constellates]

[ . . . she can't help it, she smiles sheepishly.]

That sounds... nicer.

[which is her admitting that - well, yes. she doesn't like being alone]

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[....]

Is that why you go outta your way to make friends?

[constellates]

[There's a self-conscious little gesture as she plays with the ends of her hair.]

Not... always. A lot of the time, there are nice people that I want to know.

But sometimes - before when Anya was little - that is part of why, I think. Mолчание... Because I did not like the quiet.

[redarm]

...Huh, I see.

[Great input Noah, thanks]

Was it really quiet when you were a kid?

[constellates]

Нет... No, it was opposite.

[and that manages to make her smile with a little hum]

Jii-chan and Baa-chan... Grandma and Grandpa from Mama, they lived with Anya and Mama until I was 10. We would invite a lot of friends to the house. It was like... a home party. Always.

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Wow...

Sounds nice.

[Lots of family and friends, always surrounding you. Noah's not even sure what that's like, really. It'd always just been him and his dad, when he did have family]

[constellates]

[She nods once, giving him a smile.]

It was. Always, always, lots of love and laughter. That is what Anya likes. Поиск.... So maybe it is what I chase now.

[redarm]

You should.

I mean movies are always talking shit about chasing some dream so...go for it, I guess.